Mauricio Pochettino’s appointment as the brand new Chelsea supervisor has now been confirmed – and he is introduced alongside his son Sebastiano for good measure.
Sebastiano has joined the Premier League giants as a member of his father’s trusted backroom workforce, which additionally contains Jesus Perez, Toni Jimenez and Miguel D’Agostino.
However who precisely is Sebastiano?
Let’s check out the 28 year-old making it a household affair at Stamford Bridge.
Who’s Sebastiano Pochettino?
Sebastiano is the oldest of the 2 sons Pochettino has along with his spouse Karina.
He studied at Southampton Solent College while his dad was managing the Saints and he was awarded a primary in Utilized Sports activities Science, from Southampton Solent College.
Sebastiano, who has twin Spanish and Argentinian citizenship, specialises in harm prevention and power and conditioning.
He began working for Tottenham as a sport science assistant in 2016 after graduating simply months earlier than.
After increase expertise and impressing a variety of key figures behind the scenes, Sebastiano was then promoted to the function of first workforce health coach and sport scientist in 2017.
Aged simply 22 on the time, this noticed him turn into the youngest sport scientist anyplace within the Premier League.
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His function noticed him turn into a outstanding determine in coaching and he sat within the Spurs dugout on match days.
Sebastiano then adopted his father to PSG as a health coach when he was appointed supervisor in 2021.
Pochettino has insisted his son is a part of his teaching set-up on on benefit and that he has earned the respect and admiration of the gamers he has labored with.
Pochettino mentioned of Sebastiano when he was at Spurs in 2017: ‘He loves Tottenham and all of the gamers as a result of he has an excellent relationship with them.
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‘However the gamers don’t see him as my son, he’s Sebastiano and that is the necessary factor.
‘I do know some say, ‘He’s the gaffer’s son’ however the gamers belief him.
‘Possibly sooner or later he works for me or possibly for one more supervisor, we’ll see.’
Sebastiano is predicted to carry out an analogous function at Chelsea to the one he had at Tottenham and PSG.
Sebastiano’s youthful brother Maurizio performs skilled soccer for Gimnastic Tarragona in Spain.
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